We can agree people are leaving there. Whether the decline has leveled off to a trickle is questionable. At some critical mass, a certain number of people must inhabit the city or are constrained from leaving by finances and the population stabilizes.

I also agree that, especially at night, existing in the city is a daunting and haunting experience. You can be walled up and gated for security. That does not prevent a ram, axe or gasoline cocktail from forcing you into harm's way. In my opinion, carrying a gun by law biding citizens should be mandatory and no charges should result from carrying or defending with such weapons.

But the reality is that fewer people will desire to live in Detroit and it can't get better in the short term. Residency for city workers including police and fire should be reinstated and enforced.

they are leaving because Detroit has evolved into a dysfunctional unlivable city.years of mismanagement by elected officials focused on the next election staying in power , aggressive greedy unions, inept police department,over taxation and regulation of business.what you tax you get less of what you subsidize you get more of.now Detroit, the county and the state are the end product of 53 years of liberal excess.hope you voters are happy ya got what you voted for in all those elections, One party rule.how's dat working for ya???

The axiom predicts accurately and Detroit history will confirm that the higher you raise taxes and increase regulations on business the faster they will move out of your area or go out of business.This also holds true for middle in come tax payers home owners.

Look at the state of Maryland, 5 or so years ago the state wanted new money to waste. They saw over 3000 millionaires lived in the state and filed income taxes in the state.

they raised taxes on the millionaires and the next year less than 2000 millionaires filed taxes in the state.

which means over a thousand millionaires left the state taking jobs & small companies with them, the state lost a lot of revenue and jobs.

Look around Detroit and the state of MI, you lost a lot of jobs over the past 30 years due to over taxation, aggressive union bully tactics and over regulation of business.

the second part of the Axiom what you subsidize you get more of.

See all those generations of welfare moms, illegal immigrants your paying for with more pilling on every day.

the axiom is accurate and partially explains the mess Detroit finds its self in today

who wants to stay here i cant belived how you blacks mess up good ole motown should be a shame where your pride man. you people use to fight for right reasons now you let these old black leaders rob you and muslims rob u..... and you still think it white people. i cant belived yall mess up motown get some guts and be the right leader yall not slaves and never been slaves asked china man what a slave is today while some ya using your obama phone wake up we got take this country back. i have rights u have rights and whitiey not gonna take your rights but obama will. and muslims are taking over. my favor music motown mess up. go listen to that good motown tonight when grandma was happy to call detroit home.

Reality is a one trick pony. Get him started and you can't shut him up. All problems are solved by the same thing. All problems are caused by the same thing.Life is so simple. He's probably behind on his rent at the park because he needs brakes on the Yugo.This group is so funny.

reality is a far more reliable predictable ride than is fantasy, hope or wishful pie in da sky thinking, dreaming.

The History Channel has a video called "After Armageddon." It's a fiction work of what would happen if a pandemic killed half the world's population. While it is fiction, professionals contribute to the analysis. Life in cities would not be possible because of no electricity, water, oil or continued maintenance. Mankind would have to go back to earlier methods of existing. Only tiny cities would be practical.

The similarity to Detroit was uncanny. Detroit has lost half the population and can't maintain the infrastructure. If the EFM can't deal with the situation, maybe the answer is for all the people to escape to the wilderness.

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